Baskets necessary for rural family life. Families made a lot of money by making baskets. White oak was the preferred material. The entire family learned how to make the basket. The basket maker made the most strongest and beautiful baskets in all Williamsburg. Then in Virginia came the baskets, they were starting to make them from corn leaves.
The baskets makers came to America in 1660, they came from England. In Spring and Summer, the basket maker, made about 400 basket per day, because everyone went to get the flowers, and in the days of chruch, the woman came to chruch with the basket with their flowers to give them to the Angels.
The Basketmaker:
Baskets necessary for rural family life. Families made a lot of money by making baskets. White oak was the preferred material. The entire family learned how to make the basket. The basket maker made the most strongest and beautiful baskets in all Williamsburg. Then in Virginia came the baskets, they were starting to make them from corn leaves.
The baskets makers came to America in 1660, they came from England. In Spring and Summer, the basket maker, made about 400 basket per day, because everyone went to get the flowers, and in the days of chruch, the woman came to chruch with the basket with their flowers to give them to the Angels.